Richard Lee Rutledge

1896 - 1958  (61 years)

• Name	Richard Lee Rutledge  [1, 2]
  Birth	5 Sep 1896  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	25 Oct 1918	Ohio, USA   [2]
  	US Army - World War I
  Death	24 Feb 1958  [1, 2]
  Burial	Whitehaven Memorial Park, Mayfield, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I886	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Earline Wilson,   b. 4 Sep 1907, Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, USA d. 18 Jan 1997, Geauga County, Ohio, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	15 Nov 1928	Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F227	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Military Service - US Army - World War I - 25 Oct 1918 - Ohio, USA Marriage - 15 Nov 1928 - Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S10808] Ancestry.com, U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones For U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General. Name Richard Lee Rutledge Birth Date 5 Sep 1896 Service Number 4255137 Service Branch US Army Enlistment Date 25 Oct 1918 Discharge Date 16 Nov 1918 Death Date 24 Feb 1958 Cemetery Whitehaven Park Association Cemetery Location Cleveland 24, Ohio, USA https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2375/records/830912?ssrc=pt&tid=178474848&pid=182322315205 Application for Headstone-RUTLEDGE Richard National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones For U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General [S10335] Find a Grave: RUTLEDGE Richard L 1896-1958, Richard Lee Rutledge (Veteran). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142819388/richard-lee-rutledge [S10354] Newspapers.com: Marriage of RUTLEDGE Earline and Richard • Clarksville Leaf Chroniccle - Nov 1928, (Name: The Leaf-Chronicle; Location: Clarksville TN; Date: 15 Nov 1928;), Earline Wilson and Richard Rutledge. A quiet wedding the afternoon Thursday was that of Miss Earline Wilson, of Big Rock, and Mr. Richard L. Rutledge, of Eagleville, Tenn., which was solemnized in Murfreesboro. The vows were said at four-thirty before the Reverend R. L. Sullivan. Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge will make their home in Eagleville. https://www.newspapers.com/image/353264384/?article=9b3c6038-512b-4eb1-a1e2-7d9dedf174df&focus=0.17669067,0.3349512,0.31182644,0.39118937&xid=3398